Robert Weiner

JANUARY 27, 2012

Lots of people have already weighed in on Blackbaud’s purchase of Convio (two of my favorites: [link] and [link] ). Idealware’s Consumer’s Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems reviewed 30 systems, the majority of which don’t come from Convio or Blackbaud. Provide strong reporting and analytic tools. Here my perspective.

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Blackbaud Convio Open Source Product 222

Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Direct Mail typically generates a 0.5%

Demographics 45

Demographics Social Media Online Advocacy 45

Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Direct Mail typically generates a 0.5%

Demographics 34

Demographics Social Media Advocacy Online 34

Connection Cafe

MARCH 20, 2012

In part 2, I will wrap-up my takeaways from the Nonprofit Mobile Day event I recently attended, presented by the Direct Marketing Association’s Nonprofit Federation (DMANF). For example, Lara Koch of Humane Society of the United States said they ask for a mobile number on all online advocacy action forms. to obtain mobile opt-in.

Mobile 30

Mobile Blackberry Convio United States 30

Judi Sohn

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

We use campaigns for so many purposes: Email, advocacy, events, straight fundraising. Reporting and Analytics: If there’s one area that we continually bang our head against our keyboards, it’s in reporting. With record types we can customize the page layout depending on the type of membership.

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Chart Org Contact Campaign 113

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2011

Fundraising and advocacy management tools like Convio use dashboards to display campaign status. Google Analytics , with its robust dashboard system displaying key web site metrics, is another example. These aren’t organizational in nature but, rather, are tracking events that are taking place outside the organization.

Indianapolis 102

Indianapolis Museum Nonprofit Denver 102

Care2

APRIL 2, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Was it successful?

Adwords 51

Adwords Google Social Media Advocacy 51